Safety-razor.



No. 886,039. PATENTED APR. 28, 1908.

H. GLAUSS.

SAFETY RAZOR. APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 1907.

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. razor involving my invention.

No. ssepse.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Agrii Application filed Mey J, 1907. Serial No. 372,715.

Zen of the United States, residing at Fre-.

mont, in the county of Sendushy, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Razors; and I do declare the following to he full, clear, and exact description the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it epperteins to make end use the some, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference merited thereon, which form 21. port of this specification.

This invention relates to safety razors, and consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinsfter more fully set forth and claimed.

The objects of the invention are to produce a razor of the character described, of simple and inexpensive constructimi, wherein the handle and blade holder are formed integral cl 9. single piece of metal; to provide at razor wherein the ,lltllli lfl and blade holder are so shaped and, so connected as to enable them to be cast or forged out of a single'piece; to provide a razor wherein e multiplicity of sorts is obviated, and wherein there are no goints or IROVS =ie members to interfere with the perfect cleaning of the instrument; to reduce a re: 1' wherein there are no springs hold the pi its together or hold the blade in and wherein a. stiff blade or a water he may be used with eouel facility; to razor wherein lei a single or a. ed lr-ledc may be used, and wherein j is so l in place and yet enable it to he reedily re'- moved, and easily inserted, when desired.

The above olojects are attained by the.

structure illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is e. plan View oi one side of a Fig. 2 is a plen view of opposite side to that shown in Fig. 1. Fil 3 is an enlarged longitudinal section through thehlsdeholding plate, the screw for holding the blade and adjusting it with respect to the guards, and 2;. portion of the handle. Fig. 4 iso perspective view of that portion. of the razor shown in FigflS, with the blade removed. Fig. 5 is an en-' lerged transverse section on-line 55 of Fig. 1. Fig. *6 is a perspective view of the blade. l 1

Referring to the characters of reference, '1

held as to juisintcin it securely j designates the blade-holding plate which is l provided at its op iosite edges with theguerd teeth 2, forming 111 effect 2. comb along opposite edges of said plate.

Formed integral with the olete l and projecting therefrom in axial allinemeiit therewith is a handle 3 for manipulating the reset. Atthe juncture of the handle and lilsde [is curved offset 4, and extending diegonslly through the handle at said. offset is a. tapped aperture 5 in which is threaded a screw having a knurled head 7. The inner end of the screw 6 is provided with. e conicel point 8, which, when the screw is screwed through said aperture, "projects onto or slightly over hangs the cud of the plate 1 adjacent to the handle. Projecting from the face of the plate at the opposite end thereof, hut in elinement with the conical end of the screw, is an undercut lug 9, the inner face whose over-hanging portion is beveled outwardly, as at 10-. The blade 11 which is herein.

1,2, is adapted. to lie upon the with the edges thereof supported hy the guerdsfii. For the pin'pose oi securing the blade position u on the plate and adjusting it centrally hereon so that its ting shall lie properly uoon the gusrds the site distance from t ie cm of, said blade is provi ends with the U-sheped riot notches ere locat d an equal clistsiice 1 L the cutting edges of he blade and one oi them is adopted to engegethe lug 9, end the other to be engaged by the conical end 2) oi the screw 6. in securing the blade in posh tion, the notch at one end. thereof caused to engage the lug 9 and the sore' Y this tuiii so as to carry "the conical end 8 into the notch at the other end of the plate, whereby as said screw is turned into place, the conical end thereof engages the margin of the notci longitudinally to carry the notch at the other end forcibly against the shank of the leg i, under the inclined, over-hanging portion l0,

shown in Figs. 2 and 3'. To remove the blade, it is only hecesserv to turn. the set thereoiis withdrawn from engagement with shown and provided with two cutting edgesin that end. of the blade and crowds the blade comes centered upon the slate, hut is at the and at the some time because of the taper ot' said screw messes the blade forcibly sgcinst screw -76 heckwerdly' until the conical end the notch in the blade, when said blade may be lifted from the plate 1.

While I have described and shown the blade having two cutting edges, it is evident this arrangement, a safety razor is producedv that a blade with but one cutting edge may be employed, with equal facility.

B means of this arrangement a comparative thin blade may be employed, or one of considerable thickness, as may be desired.

It will now be apparent that by means of of the utmost simplicity, chea ness, durability and strength, wherein t e arrangement is such that all open joints and angles are obviated, enabling the razor to be easily cleaned, thereby rendering it highly sanitary. It will also be ap arent that by reason of the means shown 0 securing the blade to the holder or plate, which is adapted to carry it, a blade may be quickly placed in position and securely held by a simple manipulation of the screw 6, the'operatlon of tightening the blade in place also servin to adjust its edge properly with respect to the guard.

Having thus fully set forth my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1'. A razorcomprising a handle having at one end an inte ral flat ortion forming a blade-holding p ate, said plate having a guard at one edge, a fixed blade-engaging member at one end and a movable blade-engaging member at the opposite end, a flat sheet metal blade lying upon said plate, said fixed and movable members engaging the o posite ends of the blade only to removaby retain it in-plaee upon said late.

'2. A razor consisting of a andle having a flattened portion at one end thereof and an offset therein at the termination of said flattened portion, a guard upon said flattened portion, a blade lying upon the flattened portion and guard, means forcentering the.

blade on said flattened portion, and an in clined screw passin through said handle at said off-set therein i o detachably retain it in place.

3. A razor comprising ahandle having a flattened portion at one end, a lug at the outer r engaging the bladetov end of the flattened portion, a blade lying upon the flattened portion and having in one end a notch to receive said ,lug, the opposite end of the blade also having a notch and a tapered screw engaging therein.

4. A safety razor, consisting of ahandle having at one end a flattened portion to sup port a blade, a blade lyi upon said flattened portion, an undercut ug at one end of the flattened portion engaging one end of said blade, and a ta ered screw passing at an angle through the iiandle and engaging the opposite end of the blade forforcing it against said lug and clamping it against the face of said flattened portion.

5. A safety razor, consisting of a handle having a flattened portion at one end, a blade adapted to lie upon said flattened ortion, a sto to engage one end of the bla e, and an inc ined screw passing through the handle and engaging the blade at the other end at an angle to its longitudinal axis.

6. A safety razor, comprising a bladeholder having a flat blade-supporting surface with fixed blade-engaging means at one end and, movable blade-engaging means at its opposite end, a flat sheet metal blade remova ly secured in position upon said holder by the means engaging its opposite ends, and a handle; extending longitudinally from the end of the blade-holder, substantially as described.

7. A safety razor, comprising the bladeholder having guard teeth at its opposite edges and a handle extending longitudinally from one of its ends, the detachable blade provided with notches in its opposite ends, and fixed engaging means cooperating with the notch in one end of the blade and movable engaging means coo erating with the notch in its 0 posite end or detachably securing .said blade to the blade holder; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRIE CLAUSS. lVitnesses:

, H. E. SMITH, J. P. BELL. 

